FALL 2025 FINAL REVIEWS - DETAILED SCHEDULE

Welcome to the UVA School of Architecture's Fall 2025 Final Reviews. This page provides an overview of the schedule and each studio review's faculty and invited guests. We wish all the students the very best for their final presentations!

 

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Final Reviews Fall 2025 Dates December 2 - 6
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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - First Year Core

ARCH 1020 — 
LESSONS IN MAKING

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Coordinator and Instructor: Sanda Iliescu

Reviews
Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Locations: East Wing Gallery, VL Lobby and 101A, Salon Walls and Mezzanine, Corner Gallery
Critics: JT Bachman, Ila Berman, Elgin Cleckley, Martín Cobas Sosa, Robin Dripps, Ali Fard, María González Aranguren, César Lopez, Katie MacDonald, Seth McDowell, Suzanne Moomaw, Luis Pancorbo, Kyle Schumann, Tashana Starks, Katie Stranix, Peter Waldman, Emily Wettstein

Exhibition
Dec. 4 — 9

Locations: East Wing Gallery, VL Lobby and 101A, Salon Walls and Mezzanine, Corner Gallery
Celebratory Reception: Dec. 09, 11am - 12pm
 


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Final Review Fall 2025 December 3 Date
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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Undergraduate Planning Studio

PLAC 4010 — 
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING STUDIO
PLANNING WITH THE EASTERN SHORE

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Coordinator and Instructor: Barbara Brown Wilson

1pm - 3pm
Location: 220C
 


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Final Review Fall 2025 December 10 Date
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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Undergraduate Arch Studios

ARCH 2010 — 
FOUNDATION STUDIO II
SITUATED ASSEMBLIES: CONTEXT AND OPERATIONS IN DESIGN

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Coordinator and Instructor: Elgin Cleckley

10am - 3pm
Location: Elmaleh Gallery
Critics: JT Bachman (1:30pm - 3pm), Katherine Barringer (10am - 12:30pm), Bhargavi Murthy, Tuomas Siitonen (10am - 12:30pm), Peter Waldman (1:30pm - 3pm)
 


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Final Review Fall 2025 December 11 Date
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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Undergraduate Arch Studio

ARCH 2010 — 
FOUNDATION STUDIO II
SITUATED ASSEMBLIES: CONTEXT AND OPERATIONS IN DESIGN

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Section 1

Instructor: Lauren Cantrell

10am - 4pm
Locations: 220B and Salon Walls 
Critics: Mitch Crowder (1pm - 4pm), Jori Erdman (10am - 12pm), Min Ji Kang (10am - 12pm), César Lopez (1pm - 4pm), Michael John Minutoli (1pm - 4pm), Sara Soba (10am - 12pm)


Section 2

Instructor: Lindsay Duddy

10am - 4pm
Location: 302
Critics: Ila Berman (1pm - 4pm), Mitch Crowder (10am - 12pm), Ipsita Datta (10am - 12pm), Nick Knodt (1pm - 4pm), Sarah Rosenblatt


Section 3

Instructor: Tuomas Siitonen

10am - 4pm
Locations: VL Lobby and 101B
Critics: Mona El Khafif (1pm - 4pm), Michael John Minutoli (10am - 12pm), Margaret Rew (10am - 12pm), Matthew Seibert (10am - 12pm), Charles Sparkman (1pm - 4pm), Eli Vollmer (1pm - 4pm)


Section 4

Instructor: Abe Wilson

10am - 4pm
Locations: East Wing Gallery and 101A
Critics: Samya Ahmed (10am - 12pm), WG Clark (10am - 12pm), Jori Erdman (1pm - 4pm), Min Ji Kang (1pm - 4pm), Nick Knodt (10am - 12pm), Sasson Rafailov (1pm - 4pm)


Section 5

Coordinator and Instructor: Zhicheng Xu

10am - 4pm
Locations: 220C and Salon Walls
Critics: Robin Dripps (10am - 12pm), Mona El Khafif (10am - 12pm), Kevin Hirth (1pm - 4pm), Leandro Piazzi (10am - 12pm), Tithi Sanyal (1pm - 4pm), Katie Stranix (1pm - 4pm)
 


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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Undergraduate Arch Studio

ARCH 3010 — 
FOUNDATION STUDIO IV

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Section 1
Meridian Center for Open Diplomacy

Instructor: Luis Pancorbo

10am - 4pm
Location: 405
Critics: JT Bachman (10am - 12pm), Martín Cobas Sosa, Kevin Hirth (10am - 12pm), Leandro Piazzi (1pm - 4pm)


Section 2
A Student Center for Those on the Edge

Instructor: Peter Waldman

10am - 4pm
Location: 305
Critics: Sanda Iliescu (1pm - 4pm), Lucia Phinney, Margaret Rew (1pm - 4pm), William Sherman, Charles Sparkman (10am - 12pm), Emily Wettstein (10am - 12pm)



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Final Review Fall 2025 December 12 Date
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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Undergraduate Arch Studio

ARCH 3010— 
FOUNDATION STUDIO IV

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Section 1
Hirschhorn Extended: Making Art Storage Accessible

Instructor and Coordinator: JT Bachman

10am - 4pm
Locations: 220B and Salon Walls
Critics: Nick Brinen (1pm - 4pm), Sanda Iliescu (10am - 12pm), Andrew Montgomery (10am - 12pm), Luis Pancorbo (10am - 12pm), Katie Stranix (1pm - 4pm)


Section 2
Structures for Citizen Action in DC

Instructor: Lucia Phinney

10am - 4pm
Locations: VL Lobby and 101B
Critics: Kevin Burke, Lemara Miftakhova Morrell, Leandro Piazzi (1pm - 4pm), Margaret Rew (10am - 12pm), Peter Waldman


Section 3
Contemporary Commons: Novel Assemblies for Networked Communities

Instructor: Ozan Şen

10am - 4pm
Locations: 220C and Salon Walls
Critics: Nick Brinen (10am - 12pm), Ali Fard (1pm - 4pm), Esther Lorenz (10am - 12pm), Katie MacDonald (1pm - 4pm), Andrew Montgomery (1pm - 4pm)


Section 4
Bridging Divides: Making Place for Democracy and Health in Anacostia

Instructor: Schaeffer Somers

10am - 4pm
Location: 205
Critics: Kelly Callahan (1pm - 4pm), Lauren Cantrell, Jennifer Lawrence (1pm - 4pm), Sasson Rafailov, Barbara Brown Wilson (10am - 12pm)
 


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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Graduate Arch Studios

ARCH 6010— 
FOUNDATION STUDIO I
THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF SPACE

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Section 1

Coordinator and Instructor: Robin Dripps

10am - 4pm
Location: 305
Critics: Carrie Meinberg Burke, Kevin Hirth (10am - 12pm), César Lopez (1pm - 4pm), Margaret Rew (1pm - 4pm), Katie Stranix (10am - 12pm), Zhicheng Xu (10am - 12pm)


Section 2

Coordinator and Instructor: Kyle Schumann

10am - 4pm
Location: 405
Critics: Ila Berman (10am - 12pm), Martín Cobas Sosa (1pm - 4pm), Kevin Hirth (1pm - 4pm), Leandro Piazzi (10am - 12pm), Tuomas Siitonen



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Final Review Fall 2025 December 15 Date
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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Graduate Landscape Arch Studio

LAR 6010— 
FOUNDATION STUDIO I
DESIGNING FOR CHANGE

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Section 1

Instructor: Rebecca Hinch

9am - 3pm
Locations: VL Lobby and 101B
Critics: Lauren Cantrell, Kristi Cheramie (1pm - 3pm), Leena Cho (9am - 10:30am), Breck Gastinger, David Hill (9am - 12pm), Leah Kahler (1pm - 3pm), Michael Luegering (9am - 12pm), Karen M'Closkey (9am - 12pm), Erin Putalik, Saadia Rais, Eugene Ryang, Emily Wettstein


Section 2

Coordinator and Instructor: Matthew Seibert

9am - 3pm
Locations: East Wing Gallery and 101A
Critics: Lauren Cantrell, Kristi Cheramie (9am - 12pm), Leena Cho (9am - 10:30am), Breck Gastinger, David Hill (1pm - 3pm), Michael Luegering (9am - 12pm), Rebecca Popowsky, Erin Putalik, Saadia Rais, Eugene Ryang, Emily Wettstein
 


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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Graduate Arch Studios

ARCH 7010— 
FOUNDATION STUDIO III
CITIZEN SPACE: COLLECTIVE LIVING IN THE AMERICAN CITY

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Section 1
Homework

Instructor: Ali Fard

9am - 5pm
Location: 205
Critics: Murphy Antoine (1:30pm - 5pm), Sandro Bisà (1:30pm - 5pm), Janet Bloomberg (9am - 12:30pm), Mona El Khafif (9am - 12:30pm), Anna McCorvey (9am - 12:30pm), Seth McDowell (9am - 12:30pm), Ozan Şen (1:30pm - 5pm), William Sherman (9am - 12:30pm), Katie Stranix (1:30pm - 5pm), Jana VanderGoot (1:30pm - 5pm)


Section 2
The Networked House

Instructor: María González Aranguren

9am - 5pm
Location: 405
Critics: Ila Berman (9am - 12:30pm), Janet Bloomberg (1:30pm - 5pm), Mona El Khafif (1:30pm - 5pm), Inés Martín-Robles (1:30pm - 5pm), Erkin Özay, Luis Pancorbo (9am - 12:30pm), Lucia Phinney, Katie Selis (9am - 12:30pm)


Section 3
Corporeal Mobility and Density

Instructor and Coordinator: Esther Lorenz

9am - 5pm
Locations: Elmaleh Gallery and Salon Walls
Critics: Murphy Antoine (9am - 12:30pm), Ila Berman (1:30pm - 5pm), Hallie Boyce (1:30pm - 5pm), Sharon Haar, Elizabeth Meyer, Katie Selis (1:30pm - 5pm), Katie Stranix (9am - 12:30pm), Zhicheng Xu (9am - 12:30pm)


Section 4
Material Collectives

Instructor: Sasson Rafailov

9am - 5pm
Location: 305
Critics: Jack Becker, Sandro Bisà (9am - 12:30pm), Hallie Boyce (9am - 12:30pm), Mert Kansu (9am - 12:30pm), Nana Last (1:30pm - 5pm), Katie MacDonald (9am - 12:30pm), Anna McCorvey (1:30pm - 5pm), Kyle Schumann (1:30pm - 5pm)
 


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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Advanced Research Studios

ARCH 4010 / ALAR 8010— 
OPTION STUDIOS

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Section 1
Living Tectonics

Instructor: Ehsan Baharlou

9am - 2pm
Locations: 401 and 425
Critics: Adam Ainslie, Robin Dripps, Tamie Glass (9am - 12pm), Kyle Schumann (9am - 12pm)


Section 2
Museum Unbound / Treacherous Grounds: Fire, Then Lobotomy

Instructor: Martín Cobas Sosa

9am - 4pm
Locations: 302 and 325
Critics: Cecilia Hernandez Nichols, Leah Kahler (9am - 12pm), Katie MacDonald (1pm - 4pm), Inés Martín-Robles (9am - 12pm), Robert Nichols, Luis Pancorbo (1pm - 4pm), Rebecca Popowsky (3pm - 4pm), Mauricio Quirós Pacheco, Jana VanderGoot (9am - 12pm)


Section 3
City Built on Thawing Ground

Instructors: Leena Cho and Matthew Jull

1pm - 5pm
Locations: 220B and 220C
Critics: Kristi Cheramie (3pm - 5pm), Brian Davis, Tamie Glass, David Hill (3pm - 5pm), Karen M'Closkey, William Sherman, Tuomas Siitonen



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Final Review Fall 2025 December 16 Date
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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Graduate Landscape Arch Studio

LAR 7010 — 
FOUNDATION STUDIO III
PEOPLE, PLACE + COMMUNITY: CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN HARPSWELL, MAINE

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Instructors: CL Bohannon and Michael Luegering (Coordinator)

8:30am - 4pm
Locations: 220B, 220C and Salon Walls
Critics: Wendell Joseph, Leah Kahler, Nathan Lahy, Earl Mark, Rebecca Popowsky, Charlotte Van Voorhis, Ruby Zelinski
 


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Final Review Fall 2025 Title - Advanced Research Studios

ARCH 4010 / ALAR 8010 — 
OPTION STUDIOS

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Section 1
Wood at Scale

Instructor: Katie MacDonald

9am - 4pm
Locations: VL Lobby and 101B
Critics: Adam Ainslie, Martín Cobas Sosa (1pm - 4pm), Sasson Rafailov (1pm - 4pm), Tuomas Siitonen, Jana VanderGoot (9am - 12pm), Zhicheng Xu (9am - 12pm)


Section 2
Cadiz. A City in the Era of Hyper-Tourism

Instructor: Inés Martín-Robles

9am - 4pm
Locations: 205 and 325
Critics: Martín Cobas Sosa (9am - 12pm), María González Aranguren (1pm - 4pm), Sharon Haar, Earl Mark, Luis Pancorbo (1pm - 4pm), Ozan Şen
 

Section 3
Restorative Space: Strategies for Supportive Architecture

Instructor: Katie Stranix

9am - 4pm
Location: 305
Critics: JT Bachman (1pm - 4pm), Elgin Cleckley (9am - 12pm), Tamie Glass, Sanda Iliescu
 

Section 4
NJ Meadowlands: Liminal Landscape of Reckoning

Instructor: Emily Wettstein

9am - 4pm
Location: 405
Critics: Robin Dripps (9am - 12pm), Lindsay Duddy (9am - 12pm), Joey Hays, David Hill (9am - 12pm), Michael Lee (1pm - 4pm), Karen M'Closkey (1pm - 4pm)
 

Section 5
Fringe Territories: Designing Vienna's Exopolis

Instructors: Ila Berman and Mona El Khafif

9am - 4:30pm
Location: 302
Critics: Ali Fard (1pm - 4:30pm), María González Aranguren (9am - 12pm), Esther Lorenz (9am - 12pm), Erkin Özay, Mauricio Quirós Pacheco, Clayton Strange (1pm - 4:30pm)


Section 6
Venice: Building through Time

Instructors: Erin Putalik and William Sherman

9am - 5pm
Locations: 401 and 425
Critics: Sandro Bisà, Bradley Cantrell, David Hill (1pm - 5pm), Shiqiao Li (9am - 12pm), Karen M'Closkey (9am - 12pm), Elizabeth Meyer (1pm - 5pm), Peter Waldman

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